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A 17th Century Persian rug has sold for $33.8m, a sum triple the previous auction record for a carpet. 一块17世纪的波斯地毯以3380万美元的价格卖出，这是此前地毯拍卖价格记录的三倍。 Four bidders fought for 10 minutes over the carpet ? The winning bid for the Clark Sickle-Leaf Carpet was made anonymously on Wednesday at Sothebys in New York. ? William Clark, an industrialist and US senator from Montana, had?bequeathed（遗赠）?the carpet and other items to the Corcoran Gallery of Art in 1926. ? The Washington DC museum will use proceeds from the sale of that and 24 other rugs to fund future acquisitions.? ? The previous sale record was $9.6m for a Persian rug sold by Christies in London in April 2010.? ? Sothebys had forecast the sale price as high as $9m, and four bidders fought for more than 10 minutes over the carpet. The winning bid came over the telephone. ? In a statement, Corcorans director said the museum was thrilled by the results of the auction. The museum had held the carpet and several others in storage. ? The carpet, dated to the first half of the 17th Century, is believed to be from Kerman in south-east Iran. It was last displayed in the Corcoran in 2008. ? The auction house said the carpet had one of the most rare vase technique patterns and appeared to be the only known such rug with a red background. “成千上万人疯狂下载。。。。。。 更多价值连城的绝密英语学习资料， 洛基内部秘密英语，技巧，策略 请在 网上 申请报名” 海量资料下载 免费学习英语 /xinlw.htm （申请网址） 洛基国际英语 竭诚为您服务